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JIMI HENDRIX, PBS AND CORONAMANIA
Over the past few years, I’ve stumbled upon, and soon clicked away from, a few PBS retrospectives of famous 1960s musicians. The network turns these…
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THE FLOWER TAKER
When I tell people that I manage community gardens, many ask me if people steal stuff that’s grown there. Yes, sometimes they do. Theft understandably…
Jun 1
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May 2023
COLLEGES FINALLY DROP VAXX MANDATES
I manage a group of community gardens in New Brunswick, New Jersey, home to Rutgers University’s main campus. In Spring, 2021, when VaxxFest was in full…
May 26
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VICIOUS CHICKEN KILLERS AND READER SUPPORT
We have egg-laying chickens at our set of New Brunswick, NJ community gardens. We give most of these tasty, deeply orange-yolked eggs to gardeners who…
May 22
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PHONY COVID-ERA COLLEGE GRADUATION SPEECHES
When my family traveled to Montreal over twenty years ago, we visited the landmark St. Joseph’s Oratory. This massive church sits on the hill for which…
May 18
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ARNOLD ZIFFEL AND READER PLEDGES: THE SEQUEL
From reading some of my stories, you may have suspected that I’m not very electronically adept. For example, I’ve mentioned that I don’t carry a…
May 16
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ARNOLD ZIFFEL AND READER PLEDGES
If you’ve read enough of my posts, you know that, as a kid, I liked the TV show, Green Acres. This surrealistic sitcom portrayed a New York City…
May 15
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THE BICYCLE THIEVES
In the mid-1980s, I routinely rode a 10-speed between Rutgers Law School in Newark, NJ's Central Ward and my Kearny apartment two miles away. I often…
May 11
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SORRY
Hey, I love Substack. But it’s come to my attention that for the first three hours yesterday, Substack incorrectly formatted my Scamdemic Haiku poem so…
May 5
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SCAMDEMIC HAIKU
Late night radio I hear of Shelter in Place Ears ring: What the F?! —- Chinese guys feign falls Evening news pretends it’s real Psy-op underway …
May 4
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April 2023
WASHINGTON, D.C. AND THE SCAMDEMIC
This past weekend, I traveled to Washington, DC to visit two of my adult children. As time has passed, and especially during the past three years, the…
Apr 27
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WAS CORONAMANIA INEVITABLE?
As a college senior, I took a Western Civilization course. Twice weekly, the unfashionably conservative L. Pearce Williams, delivered spirited…
Apr 20
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